It has been a busy few days!! I just finished being a crew member for my first film. We used my apartment to shoot a scene this morning for a 1 minute silent film. I think it went well but we will find out in the editing room!
Wednesday was the day we shot camera tests so we know how the film we are shooting on behaves. It was a very helpful class and we got to actually see how changing certain things on our camera really does make a big difference.
Thursday and Friday we learnt all we had to know to shoot our own films this weekend. We were put in "crews" and got planning time. One thing we were told in class was to always have a back up plan for your back up plan. At first I thought this was over exaggerating but you learn quickly that this is extremely true.
I wanted to shoot my film in Griffith Park. However, you have to get a permit and be able to reserve a spot in the park. I am shooting my film on Monday and I was told that this was not enough time to get a permit. So we tried to get permission to shoot in a certain apartment complex and we still don't have it locked down. I have to go get a form stamped tomorrow morning before the time we are supposed to shoot. I am a little bit stressed but hopefully it will all work out. I have my idea and my actors so I should be good to go.
One fun part of the week was casting for our films. There is an acting class going on at the NYFA at the same time as our filmmaking class. So on Thursday afternoon we had an open casting call where the ten students from the acting class came in and auditioned for us. After that we had a "mixer" where we could approach the actors we liked and ask them to be in our films this weekend. There was one named James who I thought would be perfect for my movie. I quickly went to go talk to him and locked him down for my film. I am very excited to work with him.
The last two nights have been a lot better for me. No more sitting in my room watching hours of TV. On Friday night I went to Pride with one of the girls from my class named Tamaris. She has a car so we were able to leave Burbank which was very nice. We had a lot of fun and she is trying to teach my Portuguese! I am not very good at it but I am trying my best. Tamaris laughs quite hard at me when I try to say something and completely butcher it.
Last night Tamaris, myself and another girl from class named Leticia as well as her aunt went to the beach. We were trying to make it for the sunset but we missed it by probably 15 minutes. We still walked to the beach in Santa Monica and put our feet in the water. Even though it was late and we were only there for about an hour it was fun. Leticia's aunt doesn't really speak english and I definitely don't speak Portuguese so it was really funny when the conversation would switch from one language to the other.
I now have to leave to go shoot the second film of the day! I miss you all and I can't wait to see you when I get back.
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